[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR91.305]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 91_CONSOLIDATED SUBMISSIONS FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart D_State Governments; Contents of Consolidated Plan
 
Sec. 91.305  Housing and homeless needs assessment.

    (a) General. The consolidated plan must describe the State's 
estimated housing needs projected for the ensuing five-year period. 
Housing data included in this portion of the plan shall be based on U.S. 
Census data, as provided by HUD, as updated by any properly conducted 
local study, or any other reliable source that the State clearly 
identifies and should reflect the consultation with social service 
agencies and other entities conducted in accordance with Sec. 91.110 
and the citizen participation process conducted in accordance with Sec. 
91.115. For a State seeking funding under the HOPWA program, the needs 
described for housing and supportive services must address the needs of 
persons with HIV/AIDS and their families in areas outside of eligible 
metropolitan statistical areas.
    (b) Categories of persons affected. (1) The consolidated plan shall 
estimate the number and type of families in need of housing assistance 
for extremely low-income, low-income, moderate-income, and middle-income 
families, for renters and owners, for elderly persons, for single 
persons, for large families, for persons with HIV/AIDS and their 
families, and for persons with disabilities. The description of housing 
needs shall include a discussion of the cost burden and severe cost 
burden, overcrowding (especially for large families), and substandard 
housing conditions being experienced by extremely low-income, low-
income, moderate-income, and middle-income renters and owners compared 
to the State as a whole. (The State must define in its consolidated plan 
the terms ``standard condition'' and ``substandard condition but 
suitable for rehabilitation.'')
    (2) For any of the income categories enumerated in paragraph (b)(1) 
of this section, to the extent that any racial or ethnic group has 
disproportionately greater need in comparison to the needs of that 
category as a whole, assessment of that specific need shall be included. 
For this purpose, disproportionately greater need exists when the 
percentage of persons in a category of need who are members of a 
particular racial or ethnic group is at least 10 percentage points 
higher than the percentage of persons in the category as a whole.
    (c) Homeless needs. The plan must describe the nature and extent of 
homelessness (including rural homelessness) within the State, addressing 
separately the need for facilities and services for homeless individuals 
and homeless families with children, both sheltered and unsheltered, and 
homeless subpopulations, in accordance with a table prescribed by HUD. 
This description must include the characteristics and needs of low-
income individuals and families with children (especially extremely low-
income) who are currently housed but threatened with homelessness. The 
plan also must contain a narrative description of the nature and extent 
of homelessness by racial and ethnic group, to the extent information is 
available.
    (d) Other special needs. (1) The State shall estimate, to the extent 
practicable, the number of persons who are not homeless but require 
supportive

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housing, including the elderly, frail elderly, persons with disabilities 
(mental, physical, developmental), persons with alcohol or other drug 
addiction, persons with HIV/AIDS and their families, and any other 
categories the State may specify, and describe their supportive housing 
needs.
    (2) With respect to a State seeking assistance under the HOPWA 
program, the plan must identify the size and characteristics of the 
population with HIV/AIDS and their families within the area it will 
serve.
    (e) Lead-based paint hazards. The plan must estimate the number of 
housing units within the State that are occupied by low-income families 
or moderate-income families that contain lead-based paint hazards, as 
defined in this part.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
2506-0117)

[60 FR 1896, Jan. 5, 1995, as amended at 61 FR 51760, Oct. 3, 1996]